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AS £S NE WS
By n. 6. West
Cotton
Through Friday, March 5,
326 farms had signed up to
divert 603 acres of cotton
and received $20,161 advance
payments under the 1966
cotton program. There are
still 93 farms that have not
signed. These farmers should
contact the ASCS office and
ihdicate whether they will
sign up or release their cot
ton. To be eligible for di
version and price support
payments, the farmer must
be signed up by April 1,
1966.
Feed Grain
Through Friday, March 5,
? 150 farms had signed to di-
V vert, 2,232 acres of corn and
•.-payments. Farmers Signing
up in the feed grain pro-
Igram can plant soybeans in
stead of the permitted corn
/acreage and receive corn
price support payment. For
.example: A farm with a
?feed grain base of 40 acres
can divert 25 acres (leave
.idle) and is permitted to
.plant 15 acres of corn —in-
, stead of planting 15 acres of
cofn he may plant 15 acres
ftf soybeans and receive price
support payment at the corn
rate. Soybeans cannot be
planted for harvest on di
verted acreage (idle land).
•The final date to file appli
cation to participate is April
1. 1966.
Agricultural Conservation
Program
Farmers who intend to
carry out needed conserva
tion practices on their farm
this' spring should file their
request for federal cost
share in the County ASCS
office before the practice is
.started. The county com
mittee would like to see each
farmer in the county parti
cipate in the 1966 ACP pro
gram.
Lease and Transfer of
Flue-Cured Tobacco
4") April 1 is the deadline for
filing a copy of the agree
ment for leasing flue-cured
tobacco for 1966 with the
TJounty ASC Committees.
;The lease and transfer is the
isame as in previous years
(except that flue - cured to
ibacco will be leased on a
•pound for pound basis. All
igrowers are reminded that
:the lease agreement must be
Planting Time's Here
Cabbage Plants Fruit Trees
Round Dutch Poach Trees
Early Jersey Apple Trees
0 , , (’.rape Vines
sh ™ ba IV,an Tres
Hollies
ST ' ' Shade Trees
Boxwood i Pin Oaks
Azaleas Sugar Maple
Camellias Red Maple
, _ . , Norway Maple
Annuals-Perennials Magnolias
Tansies ” ,
o- . Dogwood
Sweet v\ imam
Foxglove Kwansen Cherry
Basket of Gold Flowering Peach
Candytuft Flowering Plum
also 10 varieties of flowering shrubs
CALL EOF FREE ESTIMATE
ON LANDSCAPING
Leary Plant Farm
Day Ph. 482-2744 - Nite Ph. 482-3893
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Medical Insurance
Protection
Enrollment in the Medi
care program for citizens 65
years and over whether re
ceiving benefits or not must
be made by March 1, 1966.
Please help publicize this in
formation. It has particular
importance to those person
over 65 who are not on so
cial security’s mailing list.
If these persons fail to en
roll during this frist period
ending March 31, 1966, tie
next enrollment period for
them will not be until Oc
tober, November and De
cember of 1967.
Reminders
March 25 Final date h
request additional cotton
acreage.
April I—Final date to re
lease cotton acreage.
April 1— Final date to
sign up in the cotton, feed
grain or wheat program.
New Books At
Loeal Library
New books received this
week at Shepard - .Pruden
Memorial Library are:
The Royal Malady by
Charles Chenevix Trench.
This book is about England’s
strange crisis of 1788-1789
when doctors differ, poli
ticians parry and a king goes
mad.
God’s Oddling by JesSe
Stuart.
Starting to Paint In Oils
by F. C. Johnston. This
book is a step-bv-step intro
duction to landscape paint
ing which shows the reader
the techniques of oil paint
ing and also helps him to
develop a v. ay of looking at
things with the eve of an •
artist; even the simplest ac
tions are explained with j
care.
The Penkovskiy Papers by
Penkovskiy with an intro-/
duct ion and commentary by
Frank Gibnev.
For Young Readers
Chitty - .Chitty - Bang-Bang. j
the Magical Car by lan i
Fleming.
A Book of Myths selected |
and retold by Roger Lance
lyn Green.
The Animal Family by
Randall Jarrell
Demonstration
Set On March 11
Mrs. Frances Voliva, as
:istant home economies
igent for Tyrrell County,
vill conduct a special inter
st meeting on Flemish
.’lowers in the ballroom of
oseph Hewes Hotel Friday,
'.larch 11, beginning at 2:30
M.
Mrs. Voliva will demon
strate ways to prepare these
lowers (sometimes referred
o as antiqued flowers or
•’lorentine as well as Flem
sh) and will show different
.vays to arrange them and
iffer suggestions as to suit
tble ways to use them.
Mrs. Voliva is not onlv
■xperienced in the Flemish
process, but has a back
‘round of experience as a
florist and is well known in
extension circles as talented
ind creative.
It promises to be an in
teresting as well as an in
formative meeting.
THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MARCH 10, 1966.
Robert E. Cobb
Taken In Death
Robert Eugene Cobb, 56,
died at 3:30 P. M. March 2
at Chowan Hospital follow
ing an illness of 18 months.
A native of Bertie County,
he was born October 17,
1909, a son of the late Lon
nie and Naomi Phelps Cobb.
Surviving is a brother,
Clyde Cobb of Edenton; five
sisters, Mrs. John Asbell of
Edenton, Mrs. Lizzie Weeks
of Norfolk, Va., Mrs. Mar
garet Royster of Scotland
Neck, Mrs. Frank Merritt of
Whitevilie and Mrs. Mary
Dickens of Durham.
Mr. Cobb was a member of
Edenton Baptist Church and
served in the U. S. Army
during World War 11.
Funeral services were held
at Williford Funeral Home
at 3 P. M. Friday with Rev.
R. N. Carroll officiating.
Burial was in Beaver Hill
Cemetery.
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VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY )
Jerry A. Taylor Awarded Wings
WACO, Tex. Second Lt.
Jerry A. Taylor, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Archie B. Taylor
of Corapeake, N. C., has been
awarded silver wings upon
graduation from the U. S.
Air Force navigator school at
James Connally AFB, Tex.
Lieut. Taylor is being as
signed to Mather AFB, Calif.,
for specialized aircrew train
ing before reporting to his
first permanent unit for fly
ing duty.
Mrs. Goodwin
Taken In Death
Mrs. Catherine D. Good
win, 75, died at Perry’s
Rest Haven Saturday, fol
lowing an illness of more
than two years.
Mrs. Goodwin was a na
tive of Chowan County and
was the widow of George S.
C oodwin.
Surviving are two broth-
The lieutenant, a graduate
of Sunbury High School, re
ceived his commission in
1965 upon completion of the
Reserve Officer Training
Corps program at East Caro
lina College where he earned
his B.S. degree in social
studies.
His wife, Catherine, is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Clemon E. Bass of Edenton
N. C.
ers, Walter Dail of Bevi
dere and Roland Dail of
Whaleyville. Va.: and three
sisters, Mrs. Mary D. Spry
of Hertford, Mrs. C. T.
White of Gates and Mrs. W.
R. Vaughan of Portsmouth,
Va,
Funeral services were held
at 2 P. M. Sunday at Willi
ford Funeral Home with
Rev. Robert Harrell offici
ating. Burial was in Beaver
Hill Cemetery.
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